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Conway, South Carolina 



'T~'HIS pamphlet is prepared and issued b>) 
the (JTonv^ny Chamber of Commerce. It 
is intended to set forth accurately the attract- 
ions and points of excellence possessed d>) the 
tovJn and surrounding country. The march 
of events is bringing ConxOay to the front as 
the recreational, manufacturing, trucking and 
live stock producing center of the Pee Dee. 
All photographs fron\ the studio of War- 
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Conway, South Carolina 




I IE town of Conway, with a population of 2,500. is the 
county seat and business center of Horry County. 
Horry County has a population of 32,077, having a 
larger percentage of white population than any county 
in South Carolina. The county is situated in the 
northeastern part of the State, being bounded on the north by the 
State of North Carolina and on the east by the Atlantii; Ocean, 
along which it stretches for fifty miles. 

Conway is a good place in which to live and do Dusiness. 
Among the advantages and attractions which it possesses may 
be mentioned the following: 
Its climate. 
Its situation. 

Its recreational attractions. 
Its manufacturing enterprises. 
Its commercial opportunities. 
Its rich agricultural resources. 
Its transportaton facilities by water and rail. 
The relatively cheap price of the fertile lands of the county. 
Its spiritual and intellectual advantages. 

A UNITED TOWN AND COUNTY 

The town of Conway and County of Horry comprise a closely 
integrated unit. The county has an area of 1,103 square miles. 
Conway occupies a position close to the geographical center of 
this territory. The facts that it is the only town of any consid- 
erable size in the county, that it is the county seat, that it has 
four strong banks and two large wholesale grocery stores, cause 
the great volume of the county's trade to pass through Conway. 
Ninety per cent of the population of the county is rural, and 
ap])roximately 80 per cent is white. The county has less tenancy 
than any county in South Carolina. 79 per cent of the farms 
being owned by those who cultivate them. There is a fine spirit 
of co-operation between town and county. In every co-operative 
movement citizens of the county and of the town work actively 
together. 



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Top— Burroughs Hospital. Bottom— City Hall. 




Reading from Top— Conway Motor Car Company; Conway Hardware Company; Buck Motor Company. 



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ORGANIZATIONS 

Business and professional men of Conway are banded together 
into an active, enthusiastic, aggressive Chamber of Commerce. 
This organization employs a paid secretary and has a member- 
ship of over 100 of the leading business and professional men of 
the town. Its roll is open to farmers, who are charged a rela- 
tively small membership fee. During the two and a half years 
since its organization the Chamber of Commerce has made a 
record for substantial accomplishments. The spirit of co-opera- 
tion which has manifested itself in the organization holds rich 
promise for the future of the town and county. 

The ladies of Conway have for some time been organized into 
a Civic League, which has devoted energetic and intelligent effort 
toward beautifying the town and giving it splendid sanitary con- 
ditions. The influence of the Civic League has been strongly 
felt in improvement of the local high school, in the development 
of parks and playgrounds, and in the beautifying of public 
premises. 

The Board of Health has rendered signal service to the town 
in improving and extending its sanitary equipment. During epi- 
demics of influenza, measles and other contagious diseases, the 
counsel and assistance of the board have been invaluable. 

Conway has more than the usual number of religious organi- 
zations. It is the customary meeting place for religious groups 
of Horry County and surrounding territory. 

The School Improvement Association, composed of an earnest 
body of men and women, has made its influence felt in a most 
helpful way in the upbuilding of Conway's educational institu- 
tions. The recent expansion of the high school is due in large 
measure to the constant effort of this association. 

The Twentieth Century Mothers' Club has been very active 
in every forward looking movement. 

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Reading from Top— Veneer Manufacturing Company; W. H. Winbourne Company. 




Reading from Top — Conway National Bank; Peoples National Bank; Burroughs Bank & Trust Company. 



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CLIMATE 

In 1918, under the direction of the United States Department 
of Agriculture, a soil survey of Horry County was made by the 
engineers of that department. The findings of the engineers 
have been published as a bulletin of the department, which gives 
accurate information as to the county's climate and soil. The 
following statement as to Horry County's climate is found on 
pages 7 and 8 of this bulletin : 

"The climate of Horry County is typical of that of the southern 
Atlantic Coastal Plain region. The county is bordered by the 
ocean, and the Gulf Stream is only about 50 miles offshore. To 
this is due a higher winter temperature than that prevailing 
farther inland. Exceedingly cold weather is exceptional and of 
short duration. The winter season is short, and the ground 
rarely freezes to the depth of more than an inch. Snow seldom 
falls and soon melts. 

"The mean annual temperature as recorded at Conway is 63.6 
degrees F. The mean for the winter months, December, January, 
and February, is 47.8 degrees, and for the summer months, June, 
July and August, 78.8 degrees. The mean annual precipitation 
is reported as 50 42 inches. The rainfall is distributed through- 
out the year, but is heaviest during the summer. Serious droughts 
are rare, and the danger of injury to crops is rather excessive 
rainfall, resulting in floods, than from insufficient moisture 
supply. 

"The average date of the last killing frost in the spring is 
March 19, and that of the first in the fall, November 8. This 
gives a growing season of 234 days. In general, the climate is 
such that a wide variety of crops can be grown, and two or three 
crops can be matured annually on the same land. The climate 
is especially well suited for trucking. The latest killing frost on 
record in the spring occurred on April 21, and the earliest recorded 
in the fall, on October 27." 

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AGRICULTURE 

The depredations of the boll weevil have been perhaps less 
felt in Horry County than in any county in South Carolina. The 
production of cotton has always been practically negligible, the 
average crop being around 10,000 bales. The invasion of the 
weevil has caused none of the frantic shifting to other crops 
which has characterized other sections of the State and South. 
Diversification has been the consistent policy of Horry farmers 
for a generation or more 

The chief money crop of the county is tobacco. The average 
crop totals some 15,000,000 pounds, 4,000,000 pounds of which 
are sold on the Conway market. The prices for tobacco until the 
last two years have yielded a splendid income to the farmers. As 
soon as the period of depression has been passed there is every 
reason to believe that the price for the weed will return to normal. 

Some 30,000 barrels of Irish potatoes are shipped each year 
to Northern markets. Depending somewhat on market condi- 
tions, this crop has usually proved quite profitable and will doubt- 
less become more attractive in the future. The soil survey bul- 
letin, on page 11, makes the following statement: 

"The production of Irish potatoes has increased materially as 
a result of the present demand for food products. The center 
of production is in the vicinity of Myrtle Beach, one farm near 
that place having over 300 acres devoted to the crop. Nearly 
every farmer plants from two to ten acres of potatoes. Growers 
estimate the profit in this crop from $100 to $150 an acre." 

Horry County raises more than enough corn for home con- 
sumption. During the past few seasons corn has been shipped 
to other points, and the outlook is that the export of this crop 
will grow in coming years. According to the soil survey bulletin, 
the acreage of corn is almost equal to that of all other crops 
combined. 

Another money crop of some importance is strawberries. 
The present season has witnessed the paying of splendid prices 
for berries. The revenue derived from this source is leading 
more and more farmers into planting a part of their lands in 
this crop. During the next season shipments will be made in 
carload lots from Conway and Loris. The soils of the county 
are especially adapted to berry culture. 



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Reading from Top — Ardmore Hotel; Grace Hotel. 




At Lower Left — Episcopal Church. 



During the present season small acreages of lettuce, beets, 
onions, pepper, beans, and other truck crops, have been planted 
on an experimental scale throughout the county. It has been 
clearly established that any truck crop will thrive in Horry when 
given proper attention. Beans have been grown successfully on 
a large scale, one field of 185 acres having produced splendid 
results last year, as did smaller fields throughout the county. The 
production of sweet potatoes is of considerable importance, the 
area devoted to this crop having been trebled in the last ten years. 

The raising of hogs and beef cattle is being undertaken sys- 
tematically and with fine results. The mild climate and natural 
pasturage are factors which makes the profitable production of 
live stock assured. 

MANUFACTURING 

Conway is the seat of extensive manufacturing of lumber. 
The uplands of the county show a large quantity of pine growth, 
while in the bottoms and swamp sections gum, poplar, cypress 
and similar woods abound. 

The Conway Lumber Company has been esablished here for 
many years and has developed into one of the largest mills in 
South Carolina, having a daily output of 100,000 feet. The 
Veneer ^lanufacturing Company, established in 1918, is one of 
the few mills in the United States devoted to the production of 
three ply boxes. This company has had substantial growth and 
is now running at full capacity. The W. H. Winbourne Company, 
organized in 1922, has built a large plant in Conway and is ex- 
tensively engaged in the manufacture of building material, with 
plans for construction of fabricated houses. Many other smaller 
lumber mills are located near Conway. 

The Quattlebaum Light and Ice Company, a Conway enter- 
prise, furnishes electric current for dwellings and manufacturing 
enterprises in this section, and has extended its sale of ice over 
a considerable part of the Pee Dee country. 

The W'accamaw River, on which these plants are located, 
permits them to secure raw material at a minimum of cost, and 
makes it possible to ship their product by water whenever de- 
sirable. At the same time the benefit of competitive freight rate 
with the railroads is secured. A tri-weekly boat schedule between 
Conway and Georgetown is maintained. 



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Reading from Top-Third Avenue; Elmwood Avenue; Eighth Avenue; Laurel Street; Seventh Av 




New York Cafe; Pastime Theater; Horry Hardware Company. 



HIGHWAYS 

Horry County stands near the head of the procession in con- 
struction of highways. A spendid highway stretches from Myrtle 
Beach to Gallivants Ferry, from south to north 42 miles across 
Horry County. This is part of highway number 38, which runs 
to Marion and makes connection with the main trunk highways of 
the State. From the North Carolina line near Little River a 
splendi 1 highway extends in a westerly direction to the George- 
town county line. This is a link in a magnificent highway from 
Wilmington, N. C, to Georgetown and points south. From Con- 
way by way of Green Sea and Whiteville there is a splendid hard 
surface turnpike proceeding to Wilmington. All of these high- 
ways pass through Conway, so that travelers from any direction 
are assured of a splendid drive by automobile to the county seat 
of Horry or to ]\Iyrtle Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. 

RECREATIONAL ADVANTAGES 

Horry County has a frontage of 50 miles on the Atlantic 
Ocean. One of the remarkable features of the county's growth 
has been the rapid development of its seaside resorts. Little 
River, Cherry Grove Beach and Myrtle Beach are all in Horry 
County, while Murrell's Inlet is just over the county line in 
Georgetown. Myrtle Beach is developing as rapidly as any 
watering place in the South Atlantic States. Its smooth, sandy 
beach on the rim of a great bay of the Atlantic Ocean oflfers un- 
excelled swimming and boating possibilities. A few miles off 
shore there is splendid salt water fishing, while nearby creeks or 
inlets present rare attractions for those in search of crabs, 
flounders and other sea food. 

Little River, Cherry Grove and Murrell's Inlet, cozy seaside 
villages, sheltered by water oaks, and fringed by palms, offer an 
irresistible appeal to those in search of rest, as well as to the 
followers of Isaac Walton. 

The Waccamaw and Little Pee Dee Rivers, which traverse 
the county, teem with black bass, blue bream, perch, and other 
game fish. Throughout the summer season batteaux patrol these 
streams, occupied by wielders of bamboo poles. The glistening 
strings of fish with which they return prove that all fish stories 
are not conceived in the brain of an Ananias. 




Reading from Top — Tobacco sale; Tobacco wagons in line; Planters' Warehouse; People's Warehouse; 
Farmers' Warehouse. 



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For those who prefer the gun to the rod, Horry offers a rare 
assortment and abundance of game. For the upland hunter, 
partridges and doves may be killed up to the bag limit practically 
any day that one takes the field. In the lower part of the county 
nature has her own preserve of deer. Venison will grace the 
table of any man who can draw a bead who enters the woods 
and swamps to the music of a pack of hounds. 

In the marshes and upland ponds along the beach, thousands 
of wild ducks and geese, driven south by the cold, feed on wild 
rice and wampee root. Those who can brave a freezing winter's 
rain when the season is on need have no fear of returning with 
empty bags. 

COST OF LIVING 

Conway is in the heart of a county populated by small farmers 
who grow vegetables, chickens, hogs and cattle for the local 
market, as well as for Northern markets The early spring and 
late fall make it possible for truck crops to be brought to the 
Conway market from April to October. Residents of Conway 
have a varied assortment of vegetables offered them throughout 
the long summer at a minimum of cost. Wagons selling straw- 
berries, beets, beans, peas, watermelons and other vegetables 
patrol the streets during this period, making sales direct to the 
housekeeper. Beef cattle fed on the native grasses of the savan- 
nahs during eight months of the year are sold locally at very 
cheap figures. 

The Waccamaw and Pee Dee Rivers are favorite spawning 
places for shad. During the shad season this fish is sold to 
Conway housewives at figures that would amaze the dwellers of 
inland cities. Oysters, gathered along the fifty-mile stretch of 
sea coast of Horry County, are delivered in the shell in bushel 
lots direct from wagons of the fishermen or sold ready for cooking 
within twelve hours after being taken. 

Conway is the logical place for those with Epicurean palates 
and modest bank accounts to live. 

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Reading from Top-R.sidence of F. A. Burroughs: Residence of W A. Freeman; Residence of D. M. Bur- 
^ roughs; Residence of Dr. H. L. Scarborough. 




Plant of Conway 




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Reading from Top— Residence of M. G. Anderson; Residence of J. P. McNeill; Residence of A. C. Thomp- 
son; Residence of M. R. Smith. 




Reading from Top— Fine field of oats; Waiting at the gin. 



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EDUCATION 

An eleven grade standard high school, employing fifteen teach- 
ers offers to the boys and girls of Conway as adequate educational 
advantages as may be obtained anywhere in South Carolina. A 
recent bond issue of $60,000 was successfully floated for the con- 
struction of a handsome addition to the present high school build- 
ing. This entire issue was bought by a local company. Work 
on this is being rapidly pushed forward so that the building may 
be ready for use at the beginning of the next school term. A 
feature of this addition is an auditorium having a seating capacity 
of one thousand. An index of the attitude of Conway people 
toward education is to be found in the fact that only one vote 
was cast against the bond issue. 

For those who desire business education the Motte Business 
College, a Conway institution, is prepared to give such instruc- 
tion. Under the same management, successful business colleges 
are operated at A\'ilmington, N. C, and Florence, S. C. 

At Aynor, eighteen miles from Conway, the Methodist denomi- 
nation of South Carolina has established the Horry Industrial 
Institute, which gives a high class of instruction to those wishing 
industrial education. The Baptist denomination has erected at 
Wannamaker, 25 miles from Conway, the Pee Dee Academy. 
This school is young, but under its splendid management gives 
large promise for the future. Uoris, a nearby town, is building a 
$25,000 school building. 

RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES 

The Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopalian de- 
nominations have strong churches in Conway. All religious 
activities of the county center at the county seat. Conventions, 
district conferences, association meetings and meetings of other 
religious groups are frequently held at Conway and have proved 
highly stimulating to the religious forces of the county. A con- 
stant campaign of expansion is being carried forward. The Sun- 
day schools of Conway boast of as large membership as any 
town of the same size in South Carolina. 




Reading from Top— Tennessee Fearless Dutchman; Horry beef cattle; Dinner is served. 




Reading from Top— Quattleljaum Light and Ice Company; Deitz Bros dairy herd; Horry beef cattle; 
" Part of highway to Myrtle Beach. 




Keadmg from Top-VVaccamaw River scene; Haunt of black bass; Kingston Lake; Cypress-bordered 
Waccamaw; Boat at Little River. 



FINANCIAL 

Four strong banks at Conway have proved an important factor 
in the development of the town and county. Throughout the 
entire period of depression these banks have been in splendid 
financial condition. The vision and progressive spirit which 
characterizes the management of these institutions have made their 
influence felt in fostering new enterprises and in promoting the 
agricultural interests of the county. Throughout the entire term 
of deflation there has been none of the rigid restriction of credit 
which has been felt elsewhere. 

A building and loan association, having an authorized capital 
of $250,000, has been a strong factor in making Conway a com- 
munity of home owners. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Conway has to a marked extent those advantages which con- 
tribute to comfort, convenience and a sense of security. The 
public health is carefully conserved. Skilled medical and dental 
service insure proper attention for those requiring treatment. 
Ample waterworks and sewerage facilities, mechanical fire fight- 
ing equipment, a local electric light and ice plant, and local tele- 
phone company, two excellent newspapers, a bakery, steam laun- 
dry, large sanitary dairy, a limitless supply of artesian water, well 
equipped hospital, modern wholesale and retail stores, paved side- 
walks, and many other advantages make life in Conway as pleas- 
ant, full and varied as anywhere in South Carolina. 




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Reading from Top— Ducking boat on the Waccamaw; Waiting for snipe; Bringing home the drakes; 
Youthful paddlers; End of the chase. 



MYRTLE BEACH 



SITUATED fifteen miles from Conway on the rim of a 
great bay of the Atlantic Ocean Hes Myrtle Beach, 
the premier summer resort of the South Carolina 
coastal section. The station of Myrtle Beach is a ter- 
minus of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad operating 
from Elrod to Myrtle Beach. This line makes connection with 
northbound and southbound trains of the Atlantic Coast Line 
from New York to Florida. Myrtle Beach also forms a terminus 
of a branch of the national highway stretching from Myrtle Beach 
to Marion and connecting with all the important highways of 
the State. 

The development of a splendid group of highways throughout 
the Pee Dee section has contributed largely to the rapid growth 
of the resort. From practically any point in North or South 
Carolina those who wish to visit the beach may avail themselves 
of sand clay turnpikes which offer a continuously smooth and 
comfortable trip. Bus lines have been quick to realize the im- 
portance of the beach traffic and now make connection with trains 
at Marion and Mullins and convey passengers direct to the resort. 

HOTEL FACILITIES 

The Myrtle Beach Hotel was built some years ago and has 
undergone frequent remodeling to meet needs of increased pat- 
ronage. In 1920 an annex to the hotel, having some fifty rooms, 
was constructed Throughout the past two seasons the hotel has 
been taxed to capacity and the probability is that another hotel, 
or extensive additions to the present plant, must soon be built. 

Hotel and annex overlook the surf, board walks connecting 
the buildings with the strand. 

Fishing boats of the hotel take the water each morning, re- 
turning in the afternoon after a full day's fishing on the rock-like 
formations ten or twelve miles off shore. Hundreds of rock and 
black fish and other edible species are daily caught for con- 
sumption at the hotel. The surplus is sold to occupants of the 
long rows of cottages which stretch along the strand. 



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The Myrtle Beach Farms Corporation, which owns and oper- 
ates the hotel, also owns a truck farm of some 500 acres within 
a half mile of the hotel. Irish potatoes, beans, beets, lettuce and 
other vegetables are grown in sufficient quantity to supply the 
hotel lavishly, as well as for exportation to Northern markets. 
The sea food and truck crops with which nature has blessed 
Myrtle Beach enable the hotel to provide a splendid cuisine for 
its guests. 

A dancing pavilion adjoining the hotel has been very popular 
with the young people who visit the beach. This pavilion is un- 
dergoing enlargement and will be sufficient to care for twice as 
many dancers during the season of 1922 as heretofore. A splen- 
did string orchestra is engaged by the hotel management. 

RESORT ATTRACTIONS 

The surf and strand of Myrtle Beach are ideal for swimming. 
Situated on the rim of a great crescent shaped bay of the Atlantic 
Ocean, the beach is somewhat sheltered from rough water. There 
is little of the tug and pull of cross currents which wear and 
wash beaches in more exposed positions. The strand is smooth 
and hard, making a fine driveway for automobiles at low tide. 
Competent life savers are employed by the management, but the 
smoothness of the ocean's bed and the relatively gentle action 
of the waves reduce the element of danger to a minimum. 

Ofif shore some miles is to be found fine fishing for those who 
can brave a broiling sun and mal de mer. The fishing is usually 
done at a point above formations of rock which are gathering 
places for several species of fish. Fishermen use two or three 
hooks to the line and fish some hundred feet or more below 
the surface. 

Closer inland in the early fall salt water trout may be caught 
just beyond the breakers. When schools of these fish appear 
fine sport may be enjoyed with rod and line. 

Mullets begin to make their runs along the beach while the 
summer season is on and great sport is enjoyed by net fishermen. 
Crabs and flounders may be taken from creeks and inlets only 
a short distance from the hotel. Myrtle Beach is close to the 
Waccamaw and Pee Dee Rivers, splendid game streams, and 
those stopping at the hotel or at cottages may have fresh water 
fishing at the end of a half hour's run by automobile. 



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MYRTLE BEACH YACHT CLUB 

Situated at the northern extremity of the rows of cottages 
which stretch for a mile along the beach stands the handsome 
new $40,000 building of the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club. This 
building, which is the property of club members from Conway, 
Florence, Marion, Mullins, Darlington and other towns of the 
Pee Dee section, is a four story structure, equipped throughout 
with every modern convenience. Parlors, shaded porches, ball 
room, dining room and forty bed rooms are its principal features. 
A light, airy building within a stone's throw of the water's edge, 
the club will doubtless prove one of the most attractive features 
of the beach. A pier extends from the club building to a point 
beyond the breakers. At the extremity of this pier high above 
the waves a pavilion offers a constant invitation to those who 
worship at the shrine of Terpsichore. 

CONVENTION CENTER 

Myrtle Beach is rapidly becoming one of the convention cen- 
ters of South Carolina. For some years it has been used by 
South Carolina Methodists for a strong Sunday school training 
institute. Home demonstration workers of the Pee Dee an- 
nually hold training schools there. For the present season a 
meeting of the bankers of Group Six of the State Bankers Asso- 
ciation, the Calhoun Highway Association and the South Caro- 
lina Press Association are already scheduled. 

Methodist and Baptist denominations have built artistic and 
commodious chapels at the beach, so that more and more religious 
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